Your bird's beak continuously grows so it is very important to offer your bird a healthy chewing outlet to keep his beak trimmed and healthy. Beak conditioners offer a great chewing outlet to help prevent overgrown beaks and the health problems associated with them.
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Your bird's beak continuously grows so it is very important to offer your bird a healthy chewing outlet to keep his beak trimmed and healthy. Beak conditioners offer a great chewing outlet to help prevent overgrown beaks and the health problems associated with them.
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I am so far leaning towards the Safety Perch. I have a rescued military macaw that has overgrown nails. He is too skittish for me to trim his nails yet, and if possible, I would like to spare him the trauma of a 3-hour trip to the vet and being restrained. I am working with him clicker training, which is doing a good job of building our rapport, but we aren't at nail-trimming point yet.

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I do not use a beak perch to trim my cockatoo nails what I do to cut them is cover her head with a thick towel andput her on her back and very easily I can cut her nails. This did the trick for me I hope you can try to see if youcan. I hope this helps you.

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My Sun Conure, continually has an overgrown beak. He really does not use his mineral block or his cuttlebone very much.... He only eats a pelleted extruded diet, such as Zupreem and Lafebers Nutriberries and his fruits and veggies.So, naturally, I made another appointment for my bird to see the Veterinarian for yet another beak trim. Do I just need to buy more beak conditioners?

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Thank you for your question. Overgrown beak can be a sign of health problems, but if your veterinarian has been seeing your bird for beak trims and doesn't voice any concerns there are things you can do at home to help keep your bird's beak trim.

As always, we recommend talking to your veterinarian if you feel there is any health concerns with your bird.

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Although this was 4 months ago, I am hoping that you took your bird in to see their veterinarian. All birds with beak injuries should be examined by a veterinarian. When there is bleeding from the beak the hemorrhage needs to be stopped, which needs to be done by a veterinarian. I hope your bird is doing okay.

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Thank you for your question. There are many things you can do to keep your bird's beak in a healthy condition. I offered our article about beak care to another person with a question about their bird's beak condition, and I believe you could also benefit from the article. I will give you the link as well: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/a....

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Thank you for your question. I forwarded your question to our in-house veterinarians, and this was what they sent me in response:

I would recommend an examination by your veterinarian. We also encourage you to feed your bird a balanced, pelleted diet. This would eliminate any insecurity regarding nutritional deficits.

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Lafeber's Nutri Berries are made with savory peanuts,
hulled canary seed, cracked corn and other tempting ingredients. Your parrot will thrive on the stimulation and beak exercise they provide. In fact, 96% of the berries get eaten, which means ...